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The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written: The History of Thought from Ancient Times to Today

• Meditations (Great Books in Philosophy) by Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius (167)
• The Prince (1532)
• Leviathan (Penguin Classics) by Thomas Hobbes (1651)
• The Wealth of Nations - Modern Library Edition by Adam Smith (1776)
• On Liberty (Norton Critical Edition) by John Stuart Mill (1859)
• The Origin of Species Edited and Abridged By Charlotte and William Irvine by Charles Darwin (1859)
• THE ROAD TO SERFDOM (1943)

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood (2006 Edition)
• Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh (2006 Edition)
• Drop City by T.C. Boyle (2006 Edition)
• Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson (2006 Edition)
• The Violent Bear It Away by Flannery O'Connor (2006 edition)
• A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe (2006/2008 Edition)
• THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES [ 1st ] by Tom WOLFE (2006/2008 Edition)
• Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (2006/2008 Edition)

2 Booker Judges' Special Recommendations

• The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Book 1) by Alexander McCall Smith

Aga Khan Prize for Fiction

• Greasy Lake and Other Stories (Contemporary American Fiction) by T.Coraghessan Boyle (1982)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-1999

• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (37)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000

• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (37)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• Ball Four: My Life and Hard Times Throwing the Knuckleball in the Big Leagues by Jim Bouton (1970)
• Clemente! by Kal. Wagenheim (1973)
• Breakout: From Prison to the Big Leagues by Ron Leflore (1978)
• A Walk Across America by Peter Jenkins (1979)
• Tom Wolfe: The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe (1980)
• In Country by Bobbie Ann Mason (1985)
• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (1986)
• I Had a Hammer: The Hank Aaron Story by Hank Aaron (1992)
• The Hot Zone by Richard Preston (1996)

ALA Notable Books

• If the River Was Whiskey: Stories (Contemporary American Fiction) by T.C. Boyle (1990)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• The Art of Living: The Classic Manual on Virtue, Happiness, and Effectiveness by Epictetus (Non-fiction, 1999)
• A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes by Stephen W. Hawking (Non-fiction, 1999)
• The Lives of a Cell - Notes of a Biology Watcher by Lewis Thomas (Non-fiction, 1999)
• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (Fiction, 1999)
• Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (Fiction, 1999)
• The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara (Fiction, 1999)
• In Country by Bobbie Ann Mason (Fiction, 1999)
• A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson (Science & Technology, 2004)
• Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond (History & Cultures, 2009)
• What Color is Your Parachute? 1981 by Richard Nelson Bolles (Social Sciences, 2009)
• The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell (Social Sciences, 2009)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• Sphere by Michael Crichton ( Page Turners -- Adult Novels for Teens, 2000)
• The Hot Zone by Richard Preston ( What Ails you?, 2006)

Amazon.com Best Books

• Anathem by Neal Stephenson (Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2008)

Ambassador Book Award

• THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES [ 1st ] by Tom WOLFE (Fiction, 1988)
• The Time of Our Singing by Richard Powers (Fiction, 2004)

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Journalism Award

• State of Fear by Michael Crichton (2006)

Anthony Burgess: 99 Novels

• Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (1961)
• Last Gentleman by Walker Percy (1966)
• A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole (1980)
• Souls and Bodies (King Penguin) by David Lodge (1980)

Arthur C. Clarke Award

• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (1987)
• Quicksilver (Baroque Cycle 1) by Neal Stephenson (2004)

Arthur C. Clarke Award Shortlist

• Snow Crash (Bantam Spectra Book) by Neal Stephenson (1994)
• The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson (1996)
• Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson (2000)
• Anathem by Neal Stephenson (2009)

Association of American Medical Writers Award

• Five Patients: The Hospital Explained by Michael Crichton (1970)

Audie Award

• Armageddon in Retrospect by Kurt Vonnegut (Short Stories, 2009)

Aurora Award Shortlist

• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (1986)

Aventis Prize for Science Books

• A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson (2004)

Bad Sex in Fiction Award

• I Am Charlotte Simmons: A Novel by Tom Wolfe (2004)

Barry Award nominee

• Paranoia by Joseph Finder (Thriller, 2005)

BBC's Big Read

• Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (Best loved novel, 2003, No 11)
• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (Best loved novel, 2003, No 131)

BCCB Blue Ribbon Book

• Casey at the Bat by Ernest L. Thayer (2000)

Bloomsbury 100 Must-Read Crime Novels

• THE NEON RAIN by JAMES LEE BURKE

Book Sense Book of the Year

• The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Book 1) by Alexander McCall Smith ( Paperback Honor Book, 2003)
• Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before by Tony Horwitz ( Adult Nonfiction Honor Book, 2003)
• Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog by John Grogan ( Adult Nonfiction Honor Book, 2006)
• Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt ( Adult Nonfiction Winner, 2006)
• The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir by Bill Bryson ( Adult Nonfiction Honor Books, 2007)

Booker Prize

• The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood (2000)

Booker Prize Shortlist

• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (1986)
• Nice Work (King Penguin) by David Lodge (1988)
• Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood (2003)

Bookgasm Best Sci-Fi

• Anathem by Neal Stephenson (2008)

British Book Award

• Sahara by Michael Palin (Illustrated Book of the Year, 2003)

British Science Fiction Association Award Shortlist

• Snow Crash (Bantam Spectra Book) by Neal Stephenson (1993)
• Anathem by Neal Stephenson (Novel, 2008)

Caldecott Honor

• Casey at the Bat by Ernest L. Thayer (2001)

Canada Reads Nominee

• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (2002)
• Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood (2005)

Casey Award

• Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract by Bill James (1986)
• Diamonds Are Forever: Artists and Writers on Baseball by Smithsonian Institution (1987)
• The Final Season: Fathers, Sons, and One Last Season in a Classic American Ballpark (Honoring a Detroit Legend) by Tom Stanton (2001)
• Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis (2003)
• Ted Williams: The Biography of an American Hero by Leigh Montville (2004)
• Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig by Jonathan Eig (2005)

A Catholic Lifetime Reading Plan

• Lost in the Cosmos: The Last Self-Help Book by Walker Percy (Literary Classics)
• Love in the Ruins by Walker Percy (Literary Classics)
• The Everlasting Man by G. K. Chesterton (Spiritual Classics)
• Orthodoxy by G.K. Chesterton (Spiritual Classics)

Christianity Today Book Awards

• Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution by Michael J. Behe (No. 1, 1997, Book of the Year)

Combat des livres

• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (selection, 2004)

Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards

• Greasy Lake and Other Stories (Contemporary American Fiction) by T.Coraghessan Boyle (Fiction, Silver, 1985)
• Talk Talk by T.C. Boyle (Fiction, Silver, 2006)
• Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond (Nonfiction, Silver, 2005)

Commonwealth Writers' Prize

• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (Best Book, Caribbean and Canada Region, 1987)

CounterPunch's Top 100 [and a few more] Non-fiction Works of the 20th Century

• Prejudices: A Selection by H. L. Mencken
• The Myth of Mental Illness: Foundations of a Theory of Personal Conduct by M.D. Thomas S. Szasz
• Ball Four: My Life and Hard Times Throwing the Knuckleball in the Big Leagues by Jim Bouton

CWA

• Sunset Limited by James Lee Burke (Gold Dagger, 1998)
• Paranoia by Joseph Finder (Ian Fleming Steel Dagger, shortlist, 2004)

CWA Gold Dagger

• Sunset Limited by James Lee Burke (1998)

Edgar Award

• A Case Of Need by Michael Crichton (Novel, 1969)

Edgar Award Nominee

• Rothstein: The Life, Times, and Murder of the Criminal Genius Who Fixed the 1919 World Series by David Pietrusza (Fact Crime, 2004)

Endeavour Award Finalist

• Anathem by Neal Stephenson (2009)

Extreme Classics: The 100 Greatest Adventure Books of All Time

• The Journals of Lewis and Clark (National Geographic Adventure Classics) by Meriwether Lewis (002)
• Tom Wolfe: The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe (026)

Fortune's 75 The Smartest Books We Know

• Extraordinary Popular Delusions & the Madness of Crowds (Wordsworth Reference) (Wordsworth Reference) by Charles MacKay (Booms and Busts)
• The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara (Decision-Making)
• The Wealth of Nations - Modern Library Edition by Adam Smith (Economics)
• Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis (Investing)
• The Prince (Office Politics)
• The Art of War: New Translation (Fall River Press Edition) by Sun-tzu (Strategy)
• The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell (Strategy)

Giller Prize Shortlist

• Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood (2003)

Goldsmith Book Prize

• Perilous Times: Free Speech in Wartime from The Sedition Act of 1798 to The War on Terrorism by Geoffrey R. Stone (Trade, 2006)

Governor General's Literary Award

• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (Fiction, 1985)

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